News tagged with treatment option

Deep sequencing reveals undeclared, potentially toxic ingredients within 15 samples of traditional Chinese medicines

Researchers at Murdoch University have used new DNA sequencing technology to reveal the animal and plant composition of traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs). Some of the TCM samples tested contained potentially ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Half-million Germans addicted to Internet: official study

More than half a million Germans are addicted to the Internet including a full five percent of mid-teen girls, the government said Monday following an unprecedented study.

Technology / Internet

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

IBM putting Watson to work in health insurance

Enough with the fun and games. Watson is going to work. IBM's supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world's best "Jeopardy!" players on TV, is being tapped by one of the nation's largest health ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 13

US approves new HIV drug

The US Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved a new drug, Edurant, to fight HIV in combination with other antiretrovirals already on the market.

Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS

created May 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients say 'no thanks' to risky medical treatments

A recent study suggests that increasing patient responsibility for making medical decisions may decrease their willingness to accept risky treatment options. Details of this proof-of-concept study appear in the December issue ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes

Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New treatment option for latent tuberculosis

Patients who are infected with the latent form of tuberculosis (TB) show no symptoms and are not contagious, yet they pose the biggest challenge when it comes to controlling the disease. The latest study by Dr. Dick Menzies ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0